Found , Mount Underwater Bengkulu

Found , Mount Underwater Bengkulu
The altitude is 3,700 feet , higher than Mount Semeru .

Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology ( BPPT ) through the Institute for Marine Survey Technology mengkofirmasi a seamount in the southwest of Bengkulu . But , to date , it is unknown whether or not the volcano manifold .

" Seamounts are at a depth of 5,000 meters and its height is 1,300 meters below sea level . So , reaching 3,700 meters high , or higher than Mount Semeru , " said the Rev. W Pandoe , Head of Climate Programme and Operational Ocean Tsunami Buoy , BPPT , Jakarta , 16 September 2013 .

Revelation adds , in the mountains west of Bengkulu is contained under the sea , but researchers do not yet know whether it is an active volcano or not .

" Need more profound analysis to see if it includes the volcanic mountain or not . Example , by analyzing the mountain rocks , water , sendimen , and others , " said Wahyu .

The findings of this seamount bathymetry mapping thanks to the depths of the ocean - mapping to generate underwater topography - by Vessel Baruna Jaya III on October 5 to 15 , 2010 in the Indian Ocean , particularly the waters West of Bengkulu .

Furthermore , the mapping continued by ship Baruna Jaya IV on 14 to 24 December 2010. The results are mapped seamount depths ranging from 5,000 meters as the base of the mountain , and the peak is 1,300 meters below the water surface .

two peaks

Meanwhile, according to Dwi Haryanto , Staff Survey Institute of Marine Surveying Technology BPPT , bathymetric mapping of the results obtained mountain body image . Moreover , in the western part of the mountain there are also hills .

" This underwater mountain has two peaks . First peak in the south is in the 1,300 meters below sea level . While the second peak is 1,400 meters north to a position below sea level , " said Dwi .

He concluded , there was a form seamount to the west of Bengkulu and need a more detailed follow-up survey to determine whether or not the volcano .

" We recommend that further research be done and giving the name to the mountain , " Dwi closed .

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